UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SECOND SEMESTER, 2019/2020
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE: POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN GHANA
COURSE CODE: POLI 458
VENUE: N2
LECTURE RERIOD: WED 7:30-9.20 AM
COURSE INSTRUCTORS:
MR. A. K. D. FREMPONG
Office Location: F20 Kweku Folson Building, Dept. of Political
Science
Office Hours: Mon 7.30-8.30am Wed: 10.00-11.00 am
DR. ABDUL-JALILU ATEKU
Office Location: F20 Kweku Folson Building, Dept. of Political
Science
Office Hours: Mon 11.30-12.30pm Wed: 09.30-10.30 am
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Samuel O. Amankwah,
Bernard A. Botchway
Office Location: Graduate Assistants Office (F17) Kweku
Folson Building
Course Title
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POLITICS OF IDENTITY
IN GHANA/ POLI 458
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Purpose and
Objectives
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Identity is a
manifest feature of every society because in terms of politics, religion,
region, ethnicity, gender, age, or socio-economic status, etc, society is
pluralistic with different interests pursued by various groups. Often,
identity groups have antedated the emergence of the modern state system and
have endured in most countries despite policies of assimilation and integration.
The issue becomes even more complicated by the fact that people have multiple
identities and occupy multiple social statuses. How then does a post-colonial
state promote national integration among its citizens within the context of
competing identities? What is the role of the state in the struggle among the
identity groups for the control of political power and national resources;
particularly in the context where the assumption of one group to power
alienates other groups?
This course analyses
the challenges of nation-state building in Ghana; forging a nation out of the
diverse group of people living within its borders. To what extent have
efforts to promote national identity been either promoted or hindered by
competing ethnic, regional and religious identities? What roles have partisan
politics, chieftaincy, women, and youth played in Ghanaian politics? Overall,
how have the interplay of such identities shaped political actions and
alignments in the varying phases of Ghanaian politics?
Upon completion of
this course students should be able to:
· Understand
Identity and how it shapes national politics
· Appreciate
the impact of regionalism and ethnicity on politics in Ghana
· Understand
the roles and dynamics of political party and religion in politics
in Ghana
· Critically
discuss the prospects and challenges of Women and Youth
participation in Ghanaian politics
· Analyze
the role of the institution of chieftaincy In Ghanaian politics
· Contribute
meaningfully to discussions on issues of Identity and
Politics in Ghana
A theoretical
analysis of the concept and forms of identity is followed by their
application in Ghanaian politics since independence, with particular emphasis
on the Fourth Republic
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WEEK NO
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Date
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Lecture Course
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Tutorials
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Venue
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Assessment
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1-3
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03-21 Feb 2020
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Understanding
Politics of Identity
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What is Identity and
how does it affect national politics?
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Lecture: N2
Tutorial: DLR
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4-6
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24 Feb -13 Mar 2020
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Regionalism and Ethnicity
in Ghanaian Politics
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Challenges of
Regionalism and Ethnicity in Ghana
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Lecture: N2
Tutorial: DLR
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7-8
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16-27 Mar 2020
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Party Politics
in Ghana
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Dynamics
of Party Politics in Ghana
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Lecture: N2
Tutorial: DLR
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9-10
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30 Mar-1 Apr 2020
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Women and Youth in
Ghanaian Politics
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Examine prospects
and challenges
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Lecture: N2
Tutorial: DLR
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11-12
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13-24 Apr 2020
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Chieftaincy and
Politics in Ghana
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Chieftaincy –State
Relations
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Lecture: N2
Tutorial: DLR
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13
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27 Apr-01 May 2020
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Religion and
Politics in Ghana
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Extent and Influence
of religion
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Lecture: N2
Tutorial: DLR
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Reading List
Allah-Mensah, B.
(2004). Women in politics and public life in Ghana. Accra: Friedrich
Elbert Foundation.
Allman, J. M. (1991).
“Hewers of wood, carriers of water”: Islam, class, and politics on the eve of
Ghana's independence. African studies review, 34(2),
1-26.
Ansah-Koi (1998)
“Walking the Tightrope: Chiefs, Chieftaincy and the 1996 Elections in Ghana”,
in J. R. A. Ayee, ed. The 1996 General Elections and Democratic
Consolidation in Ghana, Accra: Gold-Type Ltd, pp. 139-155.
Ayee, J. R (nd)
“Voting Patterns in the 2004 Elections”, Discussing Issues not
Sensations http://ghanaelectionwatch.com/blog/index.php?itemid=5
Boafo-Arthur, K.
(2003). Chieftaincy in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects in the 21st Century. African
and Asian Studies, 2(2), 125-153.
Bob-Milliar, G. M.
(2014). Party youth activists and low-intensity electoral violence in Ghana: a
qualitative study of party foot soldiers' activism. African Studies
Quarterly, 15(1), 125.
Chazan, N. (1982).
Ethnicity and politics in Ghana. Political Science Quarterly, 97(3),
461-485.
Crawford, Y. (1976).
The politics of cultural pluralism. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Debrah, E. (2007).
Fifty years of party politics in Ghana: The balance sheet. In J. R. A. Ayee,
ed. Ghana at 50: Government, politics and development, Accra:
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, pp. 107-123.
Frempong, A. K. D.
(2001), Ghana’s election 2000: The ethnic undercurrent. In J. R. A. Ayee
ed, Deepening democracy in Ghana: Politics of the 2000 elections, 1,
141-159.
Frempong, A. K.D. (2007).
Political conflict and elite consensus in the liberal state. In K.
Boafo-Arthur, ed. Ghana: One decade in the liberal state,
London/Dakar: ZED/CODESRIA, pp. 128-164
Frempong, A. K. D.
(2006). Ethnicity, democracy and Ghana’s election 2004’. K. Boafo-Arthur
ed. Voting for Democracy in Ghana: Ghana’s, 157-86.
Gyampo, R. E.
(2008). The Youth and Political Ideology in Ghanaian Politics: The Case
of the Fourth Republic: an Inter-faculty Lecture Delivered on 18th October 2008
at the University of Ghana. University of Ghana.
Gyapong, S. K. (2006).
The role of chieftaincy in Ghana‟ s democratic experiment.Chieftaincy in
Ghana: Culture, Governance and Development, 1, 183.
Gyimah-Boadi, E.
(2003). The political economy of ‘successful’ ethno-regional conflict
management. In Bastan S &Luckham R, eds, Can Democracy Be Designed?
The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-Torn Societies, London/New
York: ZED Books, pp. 120-144.
Jockers, H., Kohnert,
D., & Nugent, P. (2010). The successful Ghana election of 2008: a
convenient myth?. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 48(1),
95-115.
Kelly, B. (2005). The
2004 elections in northern Ghana. Review of African Political Economy,
455-461.
Oquaye, Mike (1996)
“Youth, Politics and Society in Ghana” in Drah. F. K. & Oquaye, M.
eds. Civil Society in Ghana, Accra: FES, pp. 163-202.
Pobee J. S. (1991).
Religion and Politics in Ghana. Accra: Asempa Publishers.
Plagiarism Policy
Be reminded of UG
Plagiarism Policy (Refer to UG Public Affairs Website)
Examination
Interim Assessment:
Two sit-in Assignments (for 30 marks). Time will be
communicated later
End of Semester
Examination: Two-&-Half-Hour Paper of two Sections. Section A: 50
short-answer questions (compulsory for 50marks) and Section B:
three-essay questions (answer any one for 20marks)
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